The Honda Point Disaster

On the 9th of September 1923, seven U.S. Navy Destroyers from DesRon 11 ran aground on the California coast on the infamous Honda Point. This would be the greatest lose of Navy vessels in a peace time incident in US History. But what caused the massive pile up. What caused such seasoned navigators to take such a horribly wrong turn? Stay tuned and find out.
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Works Cited:
Tragedy at Honda By Charles A. Lockwood
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-...
https://www.navalhistory.org/2020/04/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_P...

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